| Core R&D for NWGN and Future Internet |
(i) Basic principles for designing of New Generation Network (NWGN) and Future Internet (FI) Architectures which are not limited to extending current technologies, (ii) Overview of R&D activities on fundamental technologies for NWGN and FI |
| Direction for realizing and deploying NWGN and Future Internet |
(i) Overview of administrative approaches for the realization of NWGN and FI, (ii) Necessity of considerations of social and economical aspects |
| Wireless Networks |
(i) Overview of R&D on wireless transmission technologies which are expected to become key technologies for NWGN, (ii) Impact of ad hoc and wireless connectivity on network architecture, (iii) Their expected role on NWGN architecture |
| Photonic Networks |
(i) Overview of R&D on photonic network both core and access (e.g. network control / management technologies, photonic node technologies) which will be needed for large capacity network, (ii) Their expected role on NWGN architecture |
| Overlay Networks |
(i) Overview of R&D on Overlay Networks which cover not only P2P and overlay applications but on virtualization on lower layers such as network and transport layers. Main scope is end to end routing. |
| Ubiquitous Networking |
(i) Overview of R&D trend of realizing ubiquitous environment that everything is connected to network, including sensor networking and its application, (ii) Expected capability for NWGN to realize ubiquitous network |
| Ubiquitous Tag (RFID) |
(i) Overview of R&D trends of RFID, and of related service architectures which iare expected to be used for sensor network or traceability system, (ii) Their expected role on NWGN architecture |
| Testbeds and Experimentally Driven Research |
(i) Overview of activities on networks of testbeds and experimental facilities supporting FI & NWGN Research, (ii) Major design principles for experimental facilities: federation, virtualization, openness, …, (iii) Experimentally-driven research projects contributing to the realization of NWGN and FI |
| Research for secure service infrastructures in the future internet |
(i) Overview of research on fundamental technologies to secure architectures and platforms for a trustworthy internet, which encompasses networks, trustworthy services and privacy protection, (ii) Views on: identity in the FI & NWGN; vulnerabilities and threats; trust mechanisms; interplay of technology with legislation, regulation, social sciences and economics |
| Future Applications - Broadband Applications |
(i) Emerging broadband applications according to development of broadband circumstance, (ii) Overview of R&D on important technologies that support their deployment |
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